Each organization has its ways of doing things, which constitutes its organizational culture. Which of the following is NOT true of organizational culture?

A. Employees hold beliefs and values governing their behaviour.
B. Employees develop shared interpretation of organizational reality.
C. Subsidiaries of the same organization operating in different countries have
exactly same values.
D. Organizational culture gives employees a sense of identity.


C. Subsidiaries of the same organization operating in different countries have
exactly same values.

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